National Allergy Strategy is launching the first free food allergy e-training for Australian hospital staff to combat unnecessary allergic reactions in hospitals. Allergic diseases currently affect more than four million Australians and the prevalence of such diseases is on the rise. ...

Victorian hospitals will now be charged with reporting cases of potentially fatal anaphylaxis to the state’s health department. The new scheme, which came into effect on 1 November, was set up in response to the death of a 10-year-old boy ...